The web industry is still only a baby. New job titles are being invented all the time. Some stick, some, thankfully, do not. Some people have to take on many roles, while others specialise in one or two areas. So what should we call ourselves? How much importance are we putting on our job titles?

A marketing email from Loop11, the maker of online usability testing software, did the rounds among local government IT managers, marketing teams and mailing groups last week claiming in its subject that "City Of Melbourne website ranks 2nd in Australia."

Those zany boffins at ZURB have just unleashed their latest creation: something they call Bounce. Their website claims Bounce is a "fun and easy way to share ideas on a website" and after a quick play, I'd have to agree.

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19 March, 2010 — No Comments

Mad web scientist, David Desandro (who you may remember as the creator of the fantastic jQuery plugin, Masonry and the Opera logo in CSS among other wonderful things), has done it again, this time crafting an entire typeface out of CSS3.

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Just read this over on ReadWriteWeb and found it particularly poignant.

One of the reasons social media can be so challenging is that it often challenges hierarchies... and people at the top of those hierarchies have grown comfortable there.

Some see the potential advantages of an engaging, open online presence, but others feel threatened and vulnerable. They have a wide range of hostile responses at their disposal: from the passive-aggressive to the outright belligerent."